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A guide to attracting, recruiting, interviewing, and hiring the best technical talent.

A comprehensive system for hiring topnotch technical employees

Packed with useful information and specific advice written in a breezy, humorous style

Learn how to find great peopleand get them to work for youin an afternoon!

The top software developers are ten times more productive than average developers. Ten times. You cant afford not to hire them. But if you havent been reading Joel Spolskys books or blog, you probably dont know how to find them and make them want to work for you.

In this brief book, Joel reveals all his secretsfrom his years at Microsoft, and as the cofounder of Fog Creek Softwarefor recruiting the best developers in the world.

If youve ever wondered what you should be looking for in a resume, if youve ever struggled to decide whether to hire someone at the end of an interview, or if youre wondering why you cant find great programmers, stop everything and read this book.

What youll learn

How to create a pipeline of excellent developers using internshipsand why this is not optional

How to build a workplace where the best programmers want to work

The secrets to reading resumes, interviewing technical people, and deciding when to make an offer